Citation - Boston Evening Post (Fleet): 1737.09.12

BEP(F.737.027
12 Sep 1737:11 (109)
From the Political State for June, 1737. . .  On the 12th of
last month [the paper reported that an 18-month-old infant
was dropped at a man's door with the following verses pinned
to it]
  Dear Sir, I pray take care of me,
  For destitute of friends I be;
  My mamma she is dead and gone,
  And love for me pappa has none; 
. . . [10 lines + 2 of prose.]